Research Focus Areas
Cancer Epigenetics & Metabolism
Tumor Immunology
Drug Development & Chemical Biology
Systems, Pathways & Targets
Area 5(1)
Latest News from CRI
Trainee Highlight: Paige Halas
We are thrilled to announce that Paige has advanced to the UC Irvine Grad Slam Finals!She’s one of three finalists from the School of Medicine and the sole representative from the Cancer Research Institute.Paige is also the proud recipient of the Gazzaniga Family Medical Research Award, securing financial support for both herself and her Principal […]
Trainee Highlight: Bridget Fortin
A Special Highlight on Bridget Fortin, a Biomedical Sciences PhD Candidate, Former Cancer Biology T32 ICDR Trainee and a member of the Masri Lab!! With the assistance of her Principal Investigator Dr. Selma Masri Bridget has been awarded the NIH National Cancer Institute F31 Predoctoral Fellowship!! The F31 Predoctoral Fellowship award assists talented doctoral candidates […]
New T32 trainees appointed
Welcome to our newly appointed trainees in the Interdisciplinary Cancer Research program. Predoctoral students are: Isam Adam (Lawson lab); Brendan Chu (Edinger lab); Daniel Martinez (Benavente lab); Taryn Morningstar (Halbrook lab); Eli Soyfer (Fleischman lab). In addition, Shannon Pfeiffer (Masri lab) will join the training program in January 2024. Our new postdoctoral trainee is Dr. […]
Testimonials
"Conducting cancer research is working with others to fill a bucket one drop at a time to achieve results that better serve cancer patients."
Paige Halas
"Having a strong community is important in cancer research as we are all in this together."
Elyse and Lauryn Tran